About this book

Language: Dutch

This distribution atlas brings together the results of more than a century of cataloguing wild plants in the Netherlands. The historical distribution data of three periods of cataloguing (before 1950, 1950- 1980 and 1975-2005) are displayed using maps.

Hundreds of distribution maps give a clear view of the rarity and distribution of nearly 1,500 plant species and changes in their distribution. The data from 1975 onwards have been collected to within an accuracy of a kilometre, thus presenting a picture of the preference of species for, for example, river banks, river valleys, forests, ditches or even highways.

Hundreds of volunteers have collected most of the data, but additional data from surveys done by counties, land managers, and research institutes has been included. Meanwhile, the historical data from this atlas have been incorporates in the National Database Flora and Fauna and are being complemented by the latest distribution data, as flora is always on the move.